Island and Its Visitors 2021 - 2023
I began to develop this body of work in early 2021. Being away from my family in Taiwan, separated from loved ones, and losing an important family member during this time were the three major events that formed this project. During this solitary time, I examine personal / romantic relationships through folktales and stories I’ve learned in my childhood. The series of images stage a whole cycle of a person's life from beginning to end. Panels expand from one after another yet are connected as one. It can be viewed in any orientation, upside-down, inside-out and vice versa; separate stories co-exist together in space, connected by space rather than a linear storyline, which lead to overlapping and often paradoxical timelines.
Island and Its Visitors 2021 - 2023